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Job Overview

We are looking for a Sales Director to help lead outbound sponsorship prospecting, negotiation, and activation planning. You will also be working alongside our Brand Director and Videographer/Producer to help design and deliver quality video deliverables and brand activations. The ideal candidate will be extremely self-motivated, organized, and have a track record of experience in sales or client relations. Esports experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Proposal Management

  • Building sales proposals: Including but not limited to the sponsorship plan, prospect lists, and unique pitch components, strategies, and draft activation plans.
  • Produce all prospecting documents including presentations, proposals and agency templates for distribution
  • Research prospects to discover narratives, brand objectives, KPIs, and personality traits of prospects

Client Management

  • Assist in prospect pipeline management, reporting, and data input of a CRM system
  • Keep leadership apprised and updated of all key issues and relevant data associated with pre-sales efforts
  • Build relationships by occasionally attending events to network with new potentials
  • Keep Creative/Leadership in the loop on any issues that occur that may impact deadlines
  • Preparation of all wrap-up reports to include context/commentary around general success or failure of outreach waves and activations.

Activation Planning

  • Activation planning (alongside creative team) for all outbound and inbound requests designed to include various elements (including but not limited to): social media exposure, jersey logo placement, video deliverables, in-person events.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • At least 2+ years of digital media, presentation creation/production, marketing research or sports marketing experience
  • Knowledge of effective prospecting
  • Passion for esports industry
  • Strong verbal and written communication standards

Bonuses

  • Existing network within esports sponsors and partners
  • Previous sales or agency experience preferred
  • Esports sponsorship experience

About the Position

  • Competitive compensation (salary & commission)
  • Based in Atlanta, GA
  • Join a small but expanding team in a quickly growing sector, performing meaningful work every day